DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL LIFE-LONG LEARNING SYSTEM CONCERNING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION -MAKING PRACTICAL USE OF ECO-MUSEUM AND MULTIMEDIA.

为了活跃日渐式微的科技教育，本计画开始以生态博物馆与多媒体的实际运用，发展相应的区域性终身学习系统。该项目的主题是自古以来在出云地区（岛根县的一部分）大力提倡的“TATARA”铁制造。从地质学、植物学和经济学的角度介绍了“TATARA”的历史和特点，以及特别是在出云地区提出的原因。制作了一个主页来展示结果，并在主页上介绍了生态博物馆的一个例子“铁之见文化园"。学习者观看主页并在脑海中想象“TATARA”的形象，然后访问“Tetsu no Miti Bunkaken”以更深入地了解“TATARA”。该系统可以很好地应对新课程中即将引入的“综合性学习”课。目前，由于内存容量和安全问题，我校的主服务器无法向公众开放我们的主页。相反，在主页打开之前，将提供包含内容的CD-ROM。

In order to activate science and technology education that is getting less active, the present project started for the purpose of developing the corresponding regional life-long learning system by making practical use of eco-museum and multimedia. The main theme of the project is "TATARA" iron manufacture which greatly proposed in Izumo district (a part of Shimane prefecture) since ancient time. The history and the characteristics of "TATARA" and also the reason why it proposed especially in Izumo district were shown from the geological, botanical and economical points of view. A homepage was created to show the results and "Tetsu no Miti Bunkaken (The cultural bloc of Iron-Road)", as an example of eco-museum, was introduced in the homepage. Learners watch the homepage and make an image of "TATARA" in mind, and then visit "Tetsu no Miti Bunkaken" to understand "TATARA" more deeply. This system could answer a class of "Integrated Study" which will be introduced in the new curriculum. At the present time, the main server of our university cannot allow our homepage to be open to the public due to the capacity of memory and security. A CD-ROM containing the contents is delivered until the homepage becomes open, instead.